Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader in Parliament, argues that the controversial E-Levy has already been approved by Parliament.
According to the Suame Member of Parliament (MP), the E-Levy still needs legislative backing from Parliament.
His comments come on the back of threats by the minority side of the house that they will oppose the E-Levy, a tax policy they describe as being ‘draconian’ and ‘insensitive’.
However, speaking at a capacity-building workshop for Parliament’s Majority caucus and some Ministers of State, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said that the issue of authorization for the E-Levy was long addressed when Parliament made certain actions.
“The difficulty for me is when people are kicking against the e-levy when you know that in the adoption of the motion to approve the budget which contains the e-levy as a policy, we approved of that so it means that the first step has already been mounted. The receivables of the e-levy have been factored into the various estimates approved for all the sectors. That is the second thing we did. Thirdly, we encapsulated everything into the appropriations bill and passed it unanimously”, he explained.
This signifies that “you have approved the E-Levy,” according to the Majority Leader.
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
